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The fact that they showed how using the controller chip from the existing screen causes it to start working correctly shows definitively that this is not about calibration at all.
Unless the calibration data is stored on the controller chip.
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It is very difficult to damage a lightning port by sticking something into it because the contacts are deep inside the port and only the tiniest bit is exposed, enough to mate with the plug, and the male plug has zero moving or bending parts: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8059819/ve... In fact, it's remarkably easy to clean a Lightning port and the common advice is "just stick a toothpick in." The…
The lightning connector has one major flaw: the springs are in the phone side. Over time these wear out which is why its much better to have the phone side have simple static contact surfaces and the spring loaded contacts on the cable side which is much cheaper to replace. USB until C also did this wrong and C fixed that mistake.
In fact, if those springs are steel and properly designed to prevent unexpected loads, they physically can’t ever wear out.
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It makes sense from Apples perspective yes, I mean, after all third party repairs was seen as a huge threat to revenue. As a user though, lol.
Well as a user who never broke an iPad screen I'd prefer this way too. Less reason to steal, especially being in a country where Apple device prices are skyrocketing and theft common, I'd even pay more for this to happen as an insurance.
That people encourage being stripped of rights is just wild. Can't wait to see where this will take us...
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> [USB-C is a connector] literally designed to break just like every USB connector before it. Do you have any evidence USB-C is literally designed to break? That seems like an extraordinary claim to me.
The USB-c male connector is deliberately designed to break so that if you stress a plugged in setup you'll break the cable instead of the connector soldered into your phone, which is harder to repair. Maybe they misinterpreted that?
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This is my assessment as well. iPad with Apple Pencil, mirrored screen for photoshop, and you have a seriously good and portable wacom centiq. Just, smaller, and can play games.
How is the pressure sensitivity compared with a "real" drawing tablet?
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Does it? Apple products have an absolutely blooming 2nd, 3rd hand markets, they easily serve 4-6 years I might even say on average.
Yes, it does, and there is no way it doesn't. If you want to argue otherwise, you'll have to logically explain how not being able to replace parts of a device leads to longer lifetimes. Because we're not talking about selling your iPad that fully works, we're talking about selling one with a broken display.
The goal is to make stolen components useless, not prevent repair.
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Yes, it does, and there is no way it doesn't. If you want to argue otherwise, you'll have to logically explain how not being able to replace parts of a device leads to longer lifetimes. Because we're not talking about selling your iPad that fully works, we're talking about selling one with a broken display.
Your argument fails because you can replace parts of the device. The goal is to make stolen components useless, not prevent repair.
Not all replaced iPad screens. Only non-OEM (third party) replacements.
Wrong. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0sWmBNj6Eok A genuine screen from another iPad will cause this issue until you swap the chip from the old screen to the new screen.
I don’t have any inside knowledge but I suspect authorized Apple repair centers have access to a tool they can use to recalibrate the screen after replacement that the mom-and-pop shop doesn’t have.
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Your argument fails because you can replace parts of the device. The goal is to make stolen components useless, not prevent repair.
You can let the parts be replaced by authorized repair shops. You can't do it yourself, you have to pay a hefty markup. This makes the replacement uneconomic for many older devices, thus creating e-waste .
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> I am so tired of people who interpret Apple's actions purely as anti-consumer fuckery. Even to this day, people still claim that "apple made people's phones slow down as they got older, so they would have to buy new ones" despite it being widely covered that Apple, like other phone manufacturers, slows down the CPU when they detect the battery's internal resistance rising to prevent brownouts so that the phone is u…
It was a more than adequate power source. Just not after 6 years of daily usage. But if you have a better battery design, feel free to patent it and get insanely rich.